The Wahpeton times., 1887-08-11
COLUMN OF THE w. G. 7. U.
MOTTO:
For God,and Home and Native Land.
by Mrs. A. M. WILCOX.

at the Congregational Church Aug.
9. with fair attendance and an ac-
cession of four members. A correc.
tion must be made in relation to
membership fees. For ladies it is
SOC. Gentlemen can become honor
ary members by payment of one
dollar and signing the pledge.
There arc no fees for the year but
these.
Mrs. Nettie c. Hall. territorial
superintendent of hygiene for the
VIC. +. U. will lecture on this
plank of the platform ut the Bap.
tist Church on the evening of Aug.
II. All persons interested in the
care and education of the young will
doubtless feel especial interest in
this lecture. Mrs. Hall comes highly
recommended, and VT believe that
those who do not hear her will re-
gret it.
2lO,OOO bar-rooms in the United
States sell s90O,0OO,OOO worth Of
intoxicating liquors in one year.
s5O0,OO0,00O of this is paid by the
poorer classes and laboring people.
And the cry is still lizard times"
OF course times are hard with these
classes. Why should they not beY
An honest faced German who
keeps shoe store on an avenue, not
a thousand miles from where these
lines are penned, in reply to the
CHEEKY question "How is your busi-
ness ? Good l hope," said, "No it
ish not much goot. So many leetle
volks ware not shoes des times" The
remark would have passed from
memory, but for an incident. which.
few minutes later, came as u
pointer to the reason why. A man
with a small package in his hand,
came along the sidewalk, accom-
panied by bare foot child. Next
door to the shoe store was i; saloon.
Almost every "next door" is the
same. The door swung open. (rhese
doors swing 80 easily. Did you
ever notice that, my friendly "Hullo
jim come in and take IL drink v'
The man on the sidewalk gave the
little package of bread to the child
with the command to take it home,
and he-Jim-went in at the call
of the voice from the door of this
charnal house. HIM! How many
drinks would pay for pair of shoes
for those little tender feet (? How
many times had those beautiful
brown eyes filled with tears as they
did that night, for like reason {?
HOW many times had the quivering
lips told Of the pain in the childs
heart which made the observer of the
scene thrill with a great irrepressible
longing to remove forever from the
path of these little ones, this besom
of sorrow and desolation I? All! If
there is one witness greater than
another to the hardening influence
OF the liquor traffic, and the liquor
habit it is that these sufferings and
tears of innocent, inoffendinp child
hood can go unnoticed and uncom.
forted.
If there is one great overwhelm.
ing burden of punishment, to come
as an inevitable result, in the here
after. to the dealer and the par
taker, it will be the memory of these
unregarded babes their privations
and griefs. Very early in life to
these children come the snares and
temptations, which the familiar
sights have Injured them to; and
which no warning voice prepares
them to resist. Under the shadow
of a perverted home life, the little
ones fall easy victims, and another
generation of struggling and hope.
less bar-room frequenters. rises up
perhaps to finish up as paupers and
criminals. You say this talk is
hackneyed. and the people are tired
Of it. Yes, some doubtless arc
weary. 1t has sort of sameness-
has had for many years. The same
may also be said of existing facts
which create the need Of these rene
tltions /; and thank God, some peo-
ple' many people, are getting tired
OF the facts. When tho facts are
y" more, the talk will cease. with
universal rejoicings.
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